Improved tug-buckle



UNITED STATES PATENfrf OFFCE..

CLARK D. W. RIES, OF EDWARDS,

IMPROVED TUGfBUCKLE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 47.570, dated May, 2, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CLARK D. WV. RIEs, of Edwards, in the county of St. Lawrence and State of New York, have invented certain tug may have become.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sketch showing the position of the bucklewith respect to the parts of the harness which are attached to it. Fig. 2 is a side view of the buckle,show ing in red lines the position of the tug. Fig. 3 is a section through the line :1: .'10, Fig. Z, showing in red lines the position of the tug Fig. 4 is an edge view, of the buckle, showing t'ie spring by which the hinged bar of' the buckle is held in place when shut down. Fig. 5 is a section through the line y y, Fig. 2, showing in red lines the position of Athe tug and in blue lines the hinged bar opened.

A is the part of the buckle to which is attlched the breast-strap B, or the strap which passes from the collar to the tug-buckle.

C is the part of the buckle to which the back-strap D, or the strap which passes from the pad to the tug-buckle, is attached.

E is the part of the buckle to which the belly-band F is attached, and G is the part to which the hold-back-strap H is attached.

I s the hinged bar, which is furnished with two square projections, 1 and 2, which t into two square notches in the edge of the buckle, to which said hinged bar is hinged by a pin,

which passes lengthwise through the edge of' the buckle, and through the projections 1 and 2, as represented in Figs. 42 and 5, the shoulders of the hinged bar I, between and adjacent to the projections l and..2 and the bottom of the notches, being beveled, as represented in Fig. 5, to allow the said hinged bar to be operated. On the other end of the hinged bar I is a projection, 3, which-is notched in the end, as represented in Figs. 2, 4, and 5. The

outer half of this` notch extends deeper than .l the inner half, and is` square, so that the spring-catch J may` take hold of it and keep` the hinged barI shut. The inner half of said i notch is beveled, as represented in Fig. 5, so

that it may force back the spring-catch J au` tomatically when closed.

J is a spring-catch, which holds the hinged bar I securely in place when said bar is closed, and which is fastened to the inner bar of the buckle, as represented in Fig. 5, and extends up the edge of the buckle, where it lies in a groove prepared for its reception, except when forced back by closing the hinged bar I, or

when forced back for the purpose of opening said bar.

K is the tongue .or projection, extending from and at right angles to the inner bar of the buckle, thus` passing through the tug at right angles to it, and utilizing the whole strength of the leather. Said tongue or projection K may be cast in one piece with the buckle, as represented in the drawings, or it may be made separately and then screwed or riveted to the iner bar of the buckle, as may be thought most desirable. The tongue or projection K may be inade of such a length as just to clear the inner side of the hinged bar I when closed, or it may be made longer, so as to extend into a cavity prepared for it in the inner side of the said hinged bar I, as represented'in the drawings, thus securing au additional support for said tongue or projection if thought desirable. l

I claim- The combination of the hinged bar I with the tongue K, projecting from the inner bar of' the buckle, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

CLARK D. W. RIES. Witnesses:

L. M. GARDNER, Jr., E. E. BRAND. 

